Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) had a record-breaking year in 2025, with significant milestones reached for performance, reliability and ridership. The subway, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad all recorded record-highs for On-Time Performance in 2025. Ridership also experienced strong growth in 2025: nearly 1.9 billion trips were taken on New York City Transit’s subway, bus and paratransit services, up roughly seven percent from 2024.
“This is what happens when you invest in mass transit: better service, faster trips and increasing ridership, benefitting the entire region,” Governor Hochul said. “2025 was a record-breaking year for the MTA and a great year for riders, who took almost two billion trips from Poughkeepsie to Patchogue and the Rockaways to Riverdale, powering the entire region. Transit is the lifeblood of New York, and in 2026, we will build on these results to continue improving service, saving New Yorkers precious time and powering our economy.”
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said, “Four years ago, under Governor Hochul’s leadership, the MTA set out ambitious goals to bring transit – and New Yorkers — back from the pandemic by increasing and improving service and investing in our infrastructure. Thanks to the amazing MTA workforce and historic capital funding from Albany, we’ve been able to accomplish those goals—ridership, service, safety and modernizing and expanding our great but aging system. Promises made, promises kept. That’s good government in action.”…